Conservation

Oil Palm Plantation, Ghana

Photo: Ben Phalan

Coconut Plantation, Ghana

Photo: Ben Phalan

Environmental issues in Ghana are similar to those in many neighbouring African countries including recurrent drought in the north which severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction which threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; and inadequate supplies of drinking water.

Ghana is party to a number of international environmental agreements including Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94 and Wetlands.

Last page update 24th January 2008